Saturday, December 17, 2016 3rd Week of Advent 1st Reading: Gen 49:2,8-10 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17
This is the account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram. Aram was the father of Amina dab, Aminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Sal mon.
Salmon was the father of Boaz. His mother was Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed. His mother was Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of David, the king. David was the father of Solomon. His mother had been Uriah’s wife.
Solomon was the father of Re ho boam. Then came the kings: Abi jah, Asaph, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uz ziah, Jo tham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Ma nas seh, Amon, Josiah.
Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
After the deportation to Babylon Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel and Salathiel of Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was the father of Abi ud, Abiud of Eliakim, and El ia kim of Azor. Azor was the father of Za dok, Za dok the father of Akim, and Akim the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and from her came Jesus who is called the Christ – the Messiah.
There were then fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, and fourteen generations from David to the deportation to Babylon, and fourteen generations from the deport ation to Babylon to the birth of Christ.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life Experience)
The tracing of Jesus’ lineage to Abraham was important to establish his identity as the promised Messiah. The genealogy could not include all generations because of the many generations that have passed before God fulfilled his promise to send a savior. But why three sets of fourteen generations listed therein and not less or more? Jewish numerology ascribed special importance to certain numbers such as number 3 and number 7 (fourteen generations is a doubled seven). The three sets of fourteen generations establish the fact that the contract (covenant) made by God and Abraham was not exclusive to them. The covenant was a work of many generations.
The moral of today’s Gospel message is obvious: the covenant is not a private affair between God and Abraham. The sins that we do, therefore violate this human-divine contract (covenant). Here lies the basis of the social dimension of our sins. Let us work hard on our conversion today. It will of great service to the spiritual welfare of whole Church. –Atty. Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. 09287255610
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